Kasumi lay on the cold, hard ground. Blood oozed from the gunshot wound in her foot. She moved her gaze over to Kasumi X, who was kneeling and puking out blood. The scientist ejected the clip and popped a new bullet in it, he slammed the clip back in and pointed it at Kasumi.
"I like to use one bullet, makes things a tad more exciting." He said, grinning. He used his free hand and tilted his gold framed glasses up.
"Explain. What is all this for!" Kasumi exclaimed, slamming the ground with her fist. The scientist fired the gun, the bullet grazed Kasumi's shoulder. The scientist began to reload again.
"You can call me Dr. Farland. I...am the architect of this...project." The scientist said.
"Ok...Dr. Farland...why me? Why was I chosen for the experiment?" Kasumi asked, nearly breathless as she lay there dying slowly.
"The first Dead or Alive tournament lured great fighters to us, DOATECH. Once you won the championship, we abducted you as you were obviously the strongest fighter there. Then, Dead or Alive tournament 2. Formed by the Tengu...or was it? Dead or Alive 2 was formed by us, we had created the Tengu using machinery so he could bring you back, since you had just escaped. This Tengu faced all the fighters that had come to the DOA 2 tournament. He had a secret function, he could record fighting styles and use them to his advantage. The moves, stances...everything was recorded to his hard drive. Hayabusa finished him though, he could not record Hayabusa's fighting style. But everyone else was enough, we recovered the hard drive from the busted Tengu and implented all the data into Kasumi X. Though we had failed to re-capture you, we had finished Kasumi X thanks to the Tengu's hard drive. But Kasumi X is not machine, she cannot be defeated as easily. She was born human, a human with special features. Then, with money acquired from entrance fees paid by the fighters for DOA tournament 3...we mass produced Kasumi X. After that, it was just a simple matter of sending one Kasumi X to perform a robbery to pay the prize money. A robbery done at your old village. Kasumi X was allowed to do whatever she wished to after the money was acquired...she decided to kill as many people as possible. This is how all the events unfolded. That led up to the beginning of all that has happened after the raid...those events have led to this. The moment where you will be killed...by you." Dr. Farland sighed after finishing the long story. Kasumi shut her eyes, waiting for death. But nothing happened, "But of course, the main computer has been shut down. Kasumi X's hard drive has malfunctioned. She is basically a baby right now."
"So, how do you plan on ending this?" Kasumi asked, clenching her fists. Dr. Farland stared at the ceiling and laughed,
"Using this gun." He stood up and aimed, Kasumi shut her eyes. Dr. Farland pulled the trigger, the bullet was roaring towards Kasumi. Suddenly, the sound of metal on metal was heard. Kasumi opened her eyes to see Hayabusa standing in front of Kasumi, holding his sword out like a shield, "Ugh, Ryu Hayabusa." Dr. Farland backed up, dropping his handgun. He pulled out a radio, "Emergency power! Turn on the emergency pow- Dr. Farland's blood spilled onto Ryu's face. Blood spilled down from the open wound, dripping on the dirty, concrete ground. Ryu withdrew his sword and performed a spin kick, knocking Dr. Farland into the wall. Ryu sheathed his blade and knelt next to Kasumi,
"It's going to be alright..." Ryu muttered. Just as he finished his sentence, he felt a blade go into his shoulder. He turned his head slightly to see Kasumi X holding a blade which was currently inserted into Hayabusa's shoulder. He gritted his teeth and stood up. He ripped the blade out and kicked Kasumi X backwards. She hit a box of crates which shattered upon impact. Ryu picked up Kasumi and tossed her at the ceiling. A vent in the ceiling opened and Leon stuck his hand out. He grabbed Kasumi's leg and pulled her into the vent. Leon saluted Ryu quickly, then shut the vent door. Ryu twirled his sword in hand and waited. Kasumi X slowly rose. Doors began to open and more Kasumi X's poured in. At least one hundred surrounded him. Ryu sighed and waited, he was becoming weak quickly. He held his sword high in the air and let out a scream. One raced towards him, Ryu leapt over it and kicked it in the back of the head. He back flipped and landed upside down, his blade inserted into another's head. He let got of the hilt and fell into the middle of the crowd. He threw one punch as they began to crowd him, sending one back to hit a large group of them. He back flipped and wrapped his legs around one's neck, he twisted and snapped her neck. Ryu back flipped once, kicking at least six in the process. He back flipped again but stayed on his hands this time, he did a split upside down and began twirling, his feet acting as propellers. They sent enemies flying backwards, hitting others. Ryu stopped and pushed himself back onto his feet, he found his sword on the ground and quickly collected it. A Kasumi finally threw a punch at Ryu. Ryu inserted the blade into her knuckles and pulled back just as a Kasumi X tried to kick him. Her foot stayed in mid air, enough time for Ryu to grab it and throw her into the crowd, knocking down more.
"Go, Go, Go!" Ryu heard shouts from outside. The soldiers. They burst in and began opening fire, willingly killing Kasumi X's to try and hit Ryu. Ryu side flipped, bullets grazing his chest. He kept going until he was next to the wall. He side flipped again, but he was able to plant his feet on the wall and rocket himself forward to tackle a large group of X's and Soldier's. A soldier tried to hit Ryu in the head with the butt of his gun, Ryu grabbed the gun and pulled the trigger, the man fell to the ground. Ryu threw the gun in the air and sheathed his sword. He jumped up and began twirling in mid-air, knocking enemies backwards. The gun came down and Ryu caught it, continued his circular attack while now firing his gun. He stopped and landed on the ground, he dropped the gun and punched a soldier in the face. The soldier backed up, and nearly fell down. Ryu's grabbed the cap of the grenade in the grenade holster that the soldier wore. The man fell down in a crowd of people. Ryu back flipped and the explosion rocked the area, Ryu barely dodged the explosion radius. The explosion took out a ton of enemies. Suddenly, a Kasumi grabbed his neck and began squeezing. Ryu dropped his blade, his feet dangling. Just as Ryu nearly lost his breath, the Kasumi dropped him as it flew into the wall. Ryu picked up his blade and whirled around to see Hayate.
"What the hell?" Ryu muttered.
"I know, I had died. But I will tell you all about it later. Let's finish off these pathetic foes." Hayate said, pulling out his own blade. Hayate and Ryu stood back to back as the Kasumi's and Soldiers closed in. Hayate leapt forward and severed a Soldier's head, a soldier opened fire on him but Hayate dodged to the side so the bullets headed straight towards Ryu. Ryu back flipped over them, they hit a number of Kasumi's. Ryu ran towards a Kasumi, his sword dug into the ground. He slashed upwards, sending the Kasumi flying up. While in mid-air, he slashed wildly and once finished, he slammed his blade down wards. She hit the ground with such an impact, a small tremor spread through the ground, knocking several of the enemies off their feet. Hayate ran around the room, his blade in the ground, cutting enemies that had fallen from the tremor in half. Ryu and Hayate got back to back again and began chanting a spell. Ninjitsu. Fireballs spread from their bodies and whirled around the room, attacking anything that still drew breathe. Once the attack was finished, one soldier still stood. Hayate walked over and took the man's grenade. He ripped off the cap and stuff it in the man's mouth. The guard screamed and began running in circles, trying to pull the grenade out of his mouth. Hayate kicked him backwards, he blew up in a gory mess. Ryu hit the wall and slid to the ground, tired.
"So...do...you want to...tell me how you are alive again?" Ryu asked.
"Project Epsilon...I have no idea what it was. But a part of it involved the regeneration of life. Everytime you are hurt, within a few minutes you are healed. If you are killed, you are healed within a few hours. Some may think it's a gift...I see it as a curse." Hayate replied, sitting down next to Ryu.
"Kasumi...she really misses you." Ryu said, grinning.
"Kasumi...she really cares for you." Hayate replied, grinning back.
"Let's go back...let's go back to Kasumi." Ryu said, standing up. A gust passed by, leaves were formed out of thin air...Ryu and Hayate disappeared.
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Ryu, Kasumi, Hayate, Leon, and Hitomi sat in the middle of a cherry blossom forest. Fireworks began to spread across the sky, Kasumi smiled and rested her head on Ryu's shoulder, she wrapped her arm around Hayate's neck and brought him down so his head rested on her lap.
"It's been so long...this is what I've always dreamed of." Kasumi whispered, smiling.
"So, what happens next?" Leon asked.
"Well, I've got a Curio Shop to run..." Ryu replied.
"Oh! We could turn it into a Curio Shop slash Tea house! I could cook and we could serve food there! Ryu is still manager of course...Leon, Kasumi and Hayate can serve the food! It'll be great!" Hitomi exclaimed.
"Yeah, right. The future holds much for us...let's wait for what happens next and then act on it." Hayate replied, smiling for the first time in a long time.
